Moonbabies

Berlin, Berlin, DEU

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The swedish band the Moonbabies (Startracks) are currently residing in Berlin recording their 4th album, backed by a growing fanbase in America and Europe, due to acclaimed albums, amazing liveshows, and frequent airplay. The album is rumoured to be nothing but spectacular and will be out late 2009.

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Biography

The Moonbabies is a Swedish duo formed by core members Ola Frick and Carina Johansson. Ola and Carina got together and began writing songs and gigging throughout their home city of Malmo, Sweden. After a couple of years playing around with different set-ups and styles, their debut 7", 'Air>>>Moon>>> Stereo' EP was released. After quite some success with the EP, they got signed by US label Duckweed Records who released their debut album 'June and Novas', which met near unanimous critical approval for its blending of glimmering guitar lines, complex electronic and experimental passages, and hauntingly ethereal vocals. Moonbabies got praised by the American music press and was described as "not just the best of their country but ours as well " by one admiring American critic and "an impressive marriage of traditional indie pop and modern electronic production" by another.

Their diverse music has been called "dream pop", "album rock", "mood pop", and "experimental underwater moods." Their strong melodic songs run the gamut from lulling to heavy rock, and their less traditional instrumental pieces often incorporate elements of classical music, psychedelia, and electronica. Tracks from 'June and Novas' got heavy rotation on Swedish National Radio, and impressive amounts of sale and attention for a small indie release.

Moonbabies needed exactly one album to establish themselves as the architects of some of the most exquisite 21st century pop. Compared to the likes of Grandaddy, My Bloody Valentine, Sgt Pepper era Beatles, Kate Bush and Jim O'Rourke. After the release of 2001's 'We're Layabouts' EP, Moonbabies did their first US tour and successfully headlined a dozen venues in the western USA. The following year Moonbabies released another critically acclaimed EP titled 'Standing on the Roof / Filtering the Daylight', which illustrated a significant departure from the Moonbabies' known brand of indiepop, and a change towards a more mature and sophisticated songwriting. After its release the band signed on to the Swedish label Chalksounds, to Hidden Agenda/Parasol in the USA and to Vinyl Junkie Records in Japan.

The band released their second full-length album 'The Orange Billboard', their most ambitious work to date, in January 2004. The album features a wonderful journey through the finest pop songs the band ever written and was praised with fantastic response from the critics and listeners. The band toured extensively throughout 2004 in Europe.

The Single/Mini-album "War on Sound" was released in 2005 and became an immediate indie-anthem and followed success on radio and TV-shows like Grey's Anatomy.

In 2007 the band was signed by legendary swedish label Startracks, and released "Moonbabies at the Ballroom" a somewhat more constructed and song-oriented album, inspired by Phil Spector and The Beatles. Highlights of the album included the single "Take me to the Ballroom", "Shout it Out", "Walking on my Feet" and "Cocobelle" which all were frequently aired on collage radio world-wide and included in several TV shows and commericals.

Currently the band resides in Berlin, Germany to record their 4th full-length album, which rumoured to be more psychedelic and electronical than their previous work judging by the early demos of the album, which are no less than amazing. The album is expected for a late 2009 release.

Moonbabies Official Websitehttp://www.moonbabiesmusic.com/

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War on Sound

Written By: Frick / Johansson

Oh Sunday rest / I'm a mess / put me in your armsI called your home / heard the tone / just wanna be a part ofIt could be wrong / but i tried / to tell you last nightI found it hard / to explain / I sleep and I can't talk

Don't say a wordmy head ain't feeling rightstay where you belong inside

Hey! It will be alright / I just found myself in ways I couldn't helpit will be alright / just find a state where everything's passing byI just found myself in ways I couldn't help

Sunday rest / still a mess / put me in your armsSee when she's down / girlie charm / Just wanna have a part ofI found it hard / but i tried / to tell you last nightThe planet's grown / turned to stone / see you on the safe side?

Don't say a wordmy head ain't feeling rightstay where you belong inside

Hey! It will be alright / I just found myself in ways I couldn't helpit will be alright / just find a state where everything's passing byI just found myself in ways I couldn't help

Fieldtrip USA

Boredom hills you are dear to me nowThe ultimate shot of random procedure

Move through the mudMove through the landSoon being forced to sue youSoon being left without a frown

So I went to bed with you all - In uniformHard knuckles with your silenced rule - In uniformWe over heard what you were saying - In uniform

Frazzle heads, worn to the groundMaking you suck on this lemony landYou can't smell the dirt until they crap on your lawn

Damage is done no matter what you are toldResist and you find yourself buried in clouds

Move through the mudMove through the landSoon being forced to sue youSoon being left without a frown

So I went to bed with you all - In uniformHard knuckles with your silenced rule - In uniformWe over heard what you were saying - In uniform

Sun A.M.

Written By: Frick / Johansson

Resting the rhyme I've been struggling to writeAnd it's time that I make itYeah you're right that I fake it

Wander around with this wreck of a planWhile your home kissing daisesAnd you’re long to be shaken

Dressed up in uniform can't face the crowd on my ownYeah it's stinking I get by with some drinkingI know you can see me you're breaking the ice where I crawlYeah I miss it it's your call you know that I miss it

I become youJust wait and see usNine years from hereAnd I follow youTo where we meet upSo far so near

Facing the ground 'Cuz I can't get a life of my ownAnd I know it 'Cuz it's wrong yeah I know itI know you can see me you're breaking the ice were I crawlYeah I miss it it's your call you know that I miss it

I become youJust wait and see usNine years from hereAnd I follow youTo where we meet upSo far so near

The Orange Billboard

Written By: Frick / Johansson

Wait don't get up 'Cuz it's too lateWeak and feeling crestfallenTied up to my eyes With this cruel tapeShe wants to keep me on the safe side

Here on the ground It is so far from everything I left outNot been around, Now you answerWith two words at the same time

When all that I need is for you to keep my darkest memoryIt's all that I see and I know you feel like nothing's wrong with me

Here on the groundIt is so far from everything I left outNot been aroundNow you answerWith two words at the same time

Rain makes it go roundI'm not to blameFor acting like I'm surprisedFar over and outMakes it too safeHe wants to beat me for the last time

When all that I need is for you to keep my darkest memoryIt's all that I see and I know you feel like nothing's wrong with me

Crime O´The Moon

Written By: Frick / Johansson

You have found all there is is tryingYou have found words will keep on flyingAnd you loose some but gain some weight even if you’re dyingIt’s pollution'Cuz The Crime o´ the moon made the six feet shoulder mom beg me to fall'Cuz he cries and he’s old and his feet won’t hold up for longWe’re here to fallYou have found all there is is tryingYou have found words will keep on flyingAnd you loose some but gain some weight even if you’re dying

'Cuz the pain is left in your backfilesWith all their supplies and they’re nice'Cuz The Crime o´ the moon made the six feet shouldermom beg me to stop, All the docs and the pros couldn’tmake you stronger than Iam We’re here to fall